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Baroness Poppy Gustafsson signs £7.5bn deal with Sumitomo of Japan for UK infrastructure and clean energy projects
Minister for Investment Baroness Poppy Gustafsson, former CEO of Cambridge cyber security specialist Darktrace, today signed a new partnership with top Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corporation which secured £7.5 billion investment into key UK infrastructure and clean energy projects.
Superdielectrics launches revolutionary battery technology
Cambridge-based energy storage technology company, Superdielectrics, has launched its next generation aqueous polymer battery, the Faraday 2, to kickstart a fresh phase of the CleanTech revolution.
Secondmind opens base in Detroit
Cambridge-based automotive technology company Secondmind has set up its first United States operational presence. Based in Detroit, Michigan, the move is catalysed by the recent signing of a major Tier 1 supplier as a licensee of the company’s cloud-native model-based engineering software and an expanding pipeline of OEM and Tier 1 customers and partners.
Optibrium raises multimillions to accelerate growth
Cambridge company Optibrium has clinched a multi-million-pound financing package from UK bank Shawbrook to accelerate business growth.
Sanger Institute and collaborators discover new drug target for eye cancer
Cambridge-driven research has identified a novel target with therapeutic potential for metastatic eye melanoma — an aggressive eye cancer — with implications for a range of other cancers.
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Cambridge RIFD technology tackles $100bn US black hole
Cambridge-based Global RFID innovator PervasID says it has set a new benchmark for real-time inventory tracking with the launch of TrackMaster 3X, which is being deployed in retail environments in more than 40 countries.
Sanger deploys quantum computing to tackle genomic challenges
A collaboration between the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK plus Melbourne, with Kyiv Academic University as an additional partner, has progressed into the final stage of the Q4Bio Challenge, a competitive research programme funded by Wellcome Leap.
Manufacturing growth boost for East of England
Manufacturing output in the East of England has grown by more than a fifth since 2019 according to BDO and Make UK’s Regional Manufacturing Outlook 2025. The East of England accounts for 9 per cent of the UK’s total goods exports.
High-flyer students start jobs at Stansted as new scheme takes off
Eight high-flying students from Stansted Airport College have started work as part of a new scheme launched by the Essex hub. The summer programme, which runs through July and August, gives students roles across the airport in customer service and security ambassador positions.
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From trout to tattoos as Active Needle makes good vibrations a big hit
To say Oxford Innovation-based company Active Needle is ultra-sound is an understatement. The young business has the potential to be a global game-changer in a number of science & technology arenas from cancer to aquaculture.
Mills & Reeve advises on $18m raise for Colorifix
National law firm Mills & Reeve has advised on an $18 million Series B2 funding round for biotech firm, Colorifix – a 2023 Earthshot finalist – to help commercialise its sustainable dyeing technology.
Optibrium raises multimillions to accelerate growth
Cambridge company Optibrium has clinched a multi-million-pound financing package from UK bank Shawbrook to accelerate business growth.
University of Cambridge spin-out eyes Japan’s manufacturing giants
Accelerated Materials - founded in 2020 by Dr Nicholas Jose with Cambridge University colleagues Professor Alexei Lapkin and Dr Mikhail Kovalev – has since developed a platform to help manufacturers overcome a perennial challenge: how to scale laboratory breakthroughs into industrial processes that are both commercially viable and cost-effective. And it’s making good progress in expanding its business in Japan.
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Sanger deploys quantum computing to tackle genomic challenges
A collaboration between the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK plus Melbourne, with Kyiv Academic University as an additional partner, has progressed into the final stage of the Q4Bio Challenge, a competitive research programme funded by Wellcome Leap.
CuspAI and Kemira join forces in AI-driven materials innovation
Cambridge artificial intelligence trailblazer CuspAI has unveiled a strategic alliance with Finnish-headquartered global company Kemira for a water industry first.
SPT Labtech and Semarion unite to combat unmet drug screening requirements
SPT Labtech, a global leader in innovative laboratory automation, has announced a strategic collaboration with Semarion, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory, combining materials engineering and cell biology to tackle unmet drug screening needs.
Drug discovery coup as Cresset acquires German company
Cambridge-based Cresset has acquired Munich-headquartered Molab.ai for an undisclosed sum.
BugBiome to test lead bioinsecticide in sugar beet trials with NIAB
BugBiome, an AgriTech innovator developing novel bioinsecticides from crop-associated microbes, is field testing its lead product against aphids with experienced crop trial specialist and Cambridge neighbour Niab thanks to a new Innovate UK grant.
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